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To complete an application for your child:
- Complete the online Application and submit the $40 application fee.
- Email us a photo of your child.
- Save the email confirming your application submission.
We will process your application and contact you within a couple of weeks to schedule a School Tour. After your tour, you will have an opportunity to schedule a Child Visit.
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Morningside Montessori School is a member of the Independent School Admissions Association of Greater New York (ISAAGNY), and as such follow their timeline for admissions notifications.
ISAAGNY is a non-profit association of early childhood and ongoing schools that grew out of the need to clarify the process of applying to independent schools and make the transition between schools easier for applicants and their families.
ISAAGNY serves its member schools by setting guidelines on matters of common interest, such as notification dates, and conducting workshops to increase professionalism and encourage cooperation among schools.
Submit Application. Once we have received your application, we will contact you to schedule a Parent Tour and you will be invited to one of our Open House events in either October or November.
Parent Tours are Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 10:30 in November and December. A current Morningside Montessori School parent will host your tour of the facilities; Dr. Showah and Ms. Goda will host a question and answer session. At the Parent Tour, you will schedule your Child Visit.
Child Visits for children applying to our Toddler 2-Day Program are on Fridays at 12:45pm.
Child Visits are held on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 12:45pm for children applying to our 3-day, 5-Day Morning or 5-Day Afternoon Programs.
Admission Notification is February 25th, 2016.
Admission contracts must be signed by March 4th, 2016.
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ISAAGNY member schools admit students of any race, color, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin to all the rights and privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at their schools. Member schools do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin in administration of their educational policies, admissions policies, scholarships and loan programs, and athletic and other school- administered programs.
Sibling and Legacy Policy
As an ISAAGNY school, Morningside Montessori School participates in the Early Notification option for sibling and legacy candidates. These candidates are evaluated according to the same criteria as all other applicants and must follow many of the same procedures.
Morningside Montessori School believes that our families help make our community strong; sibling and legacy applicants who meet our admission criteria can be reasonably assured that a space will be offered when applying. Given that, our goal is to ensure the right match between an applicant and our school. The most important criteria for admission include that the applicant will be well served by our mission and program. Sibling and legacy families must actively pursue other school options for each applicant.
In order to be considered for early notification, all application materials must be received by the ISAAGNY deadline. Families who choose Early Notification receive notification sometime between mid-December and early January. Early Notification is contractually binding. If a child is accepted as an Early Notification candidate, then all applications to other Member Schools to which the child has applied as a regular candidate must be promptly withdrawn. Parents will have until noon of the Early Notification Parent Reply Deadline to formally notify in writing their acceptance of the Early Notification contract.
In the case where an applicant qualifies, and the parents have opted for Early Notification at more than one Member School, upon receipt of Early Notification acceptance by any Member School, the parents shall be obligated to promptly withdraw all Regular Decision applications to other Member Schools. Parents will be granted the full Early Notification Parent Reply period to choose between the Early Notification acceptances.
Morningside Montessori School is committed to this early notification policy because we believe that families who know our community well understand the value of a Morningside education. As such, for the purpose of our Sibling and Legacy Application Policy, we use the following definitions:
Sibling: Any child who is a sibling of a current or former Morningside Montessori School student.
Legacy: Any child whose parent or guardian is either an alum or a current employee of Morningside Montessori School.


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Gov. Jay Nixon, right, placed a memorial wreath at the Korean War Memorial in Krog Park Saturday and then paused for a silent prayer for those military personnel who made the ultimate sacrifice in the 1950-53 war. He was escorted from the speakers' platform by Terry Sullentrup, center, of the VFW and Lloyd Hardin, left, of the local chapter of the Korean War Veterans Association. Sunlight breaking through the trees illuminated the pavers in front of the memorial.
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My requirements are simple, the concept is simple, but the project may not be so simple!
We require a developer to advise, consult and develop a system for us. This system, in brief, is an online directory of companies (subscription paid but not via the net). Customers should be able to visit the site, find a company of their choice based on category and location, and place an order through our website. There should be online and offline payment options. The order needs to be delivered to the company immediately via some method of communication that is yet to be decided (after consultation of integration with this system). Orders need to be tracked and reported on. Only regsitered members can purchase through the site and orders need to be tracked for each customer so a reward scheme can be implemented (accumulation of orders over time = discount).
I am aware how difficult this may be due to having multiple vendors needing to receive information meant specifically for them, but this is a paid project that I require external help with.
My only experience with web design myself is simple HTML/CSS, with limited knowledge of PHP. Most systems I have used in the past have been open source CMS but this job is too complex for an 'off the shelf' system.
I can provide you with an example site of exactly how I want the website to operate that is currently successful and operational today (nothing to do with us).
Many thanks
Alex Burn


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West Indies news
Chanderpaul, Santokie granted NOCs for MCL
Jan 26, 2016: The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has granted NOCs to Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Tino Best, Fidel Edwards, and Krishmar Santokie to play in the Masters Champions League, after the four players had written to the board about their international retirements
Tallawahs v Tridents, CPL 2015, Basseterre
Gayle outdoes Samuels, Guptill in Tallawahs win
Jun 30, 2015: Chris Gayle's red hot T20 form carried over to Warner Park in St Kitts on Tuesday night where his unbeaten 72 led Jamaica Tallawahs to a seven-wicket win against St Kitts & Nevis Patriots
Guyana Amazon Warriors v St Lucia Zouks, CPL 2014, Providence
Amazon Warriors steamroll Zouks
Jul 19, 2014: Days after they sneaked in a Super-Over win against Red Steel, Guyana Amazon Warriors sauntered to a comfortable nine-wicket victory over St Lucia Zouks, their third in as many games in CPL 2014
New Zealand in West Indies, 2014
Familiar names boost West Indies
Jul 3, 2014: West Indies' two-T20 series against New Zealand will mark the return of Kieron Pollard from injury. Sunil Narine will also be back in national colours and so will Samuel Badree
Australia v WI, World T20, Group 2, Mirpur
West Indies hope to sustain new-ball success
Mar 27, 2014: West Indies are banking on their new-ball pair of legspinner Samuel Badree and left-arm seamer Krishmar Santokie to put Australia under early pressure in their World T20 game on Friday
World T20 2014
Mar 19, 2014: Dwayne Bravo wants to bat higher in West Indies' order as they aim to defend their World T20 title with Sunday's opener against India looming
West Indies v England, 2nd T20, Barbados
Santokie ready for the big stage
Mar 11, 2014: Krishmar Santokie is hoping that his Man-of-the-Match performance over England in the second T20 victory will be enough to force him into the West Indies starting XI come the World T20 title defence in Bangladesh
West Indies v England, 2nd T20, Barbados
Sammy seals series for West Indies
Mar 11, 2014: West Indies outmuscled England to win the T20 series 2-0 with one to play courtesy of a five-wicket win with seven balls to spare at Kensington Oval
West Indies news
Santokie hopes for WI recall after successful CPL
Aug 30, 2013: Krishmar Santokie, the Jamaica left-arm seamer, has hopes that his recent performance in the Caribbean Premier League can help him stage a return to the West Indies team
Aug 26, 2013: The Caribbean Premier League has been received with enthusiasm. West Indies cricket has lessons to learn from the tournament
Caribbean Premier League 2013
'Mr Big Six' and the 'natural leader'
Aug 26, 2013: ESPNcricinfo presents the top five players from the inaugural Caribbean Premier League
Jamaica v Guyana, CPL 2013, final, Port-of-Spain
Aug 24, 2013: Jamaica Tallawahs beat Guyana Amazon Warriors by seven wickets to win the first Caribbean Premier League
Guyana Amazon Warriors v Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel, semi-final, CPL
Guyana thrive on hunger to win
Aug 22, 2013: Ramnaresh Sarwan, the captain of the Guyana Amazon Warriors, said his team's hunger to win the Caribbean Premier League was one of the main motivators during the semi-final against Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel
T&T v Guyana, 1st semi-final, CPL 2013, Port-of-Spain
Bravo confident of tackling Malinga threat
Aug 21, 2013: Dwayne Bravo, the Trinidad & Tobago captain, believes his team will be able to counteract the threats of Lasith Malinga and Tillakaratne Dilshan in Thursday's CPL semi-final against Guyana
West Indies news
Samuels named Overall Player of the Year by WICB
Jul 6, 2013: Allrounder Marlon Samuels was voted West Indies' Overall and ODI player of the year for 2012 at an awards function
Australia in West Indies 2011-12
Smith returns to Twenty20 squad against Australia
Mar 24, 2012: Dwayne Smith, the allrounder, has returned to the West Indies squad for the first Twenty20 against Australia on March 27
Caribbean T20 2011-12, semi-finals
T&T and Jamaica set up final clash
Jan 22, 2012: A round-up of the semi-finals from the Caribbean T20
Caribbean T20 2011-12, 10th day
Santokie hat-trick books semi-final slot for Jamaica
Jan 21, 2012: A round-up of the 10th day's action from the Caribbean T20
Caribbean T20
Samuels leads Jamaica to tight win
Jan 11, 2012: A round-up of matches from the Caribbean T20 on January 10
West Indies A v Bangladesh A, 2nd unofficial T20, Gros Islet
West Indies A level series with thumping win
Nov 20, 2011: In the second Twenty20, West Indies A fought back to level the two-match series with a big win over Bangladesh A in Gros Islet
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Loose West Indies succumb to Ashwin's wiles
One after another, the hosts' batsmen attempted questionable flicks and drives in their second innings, disregarding the drift and dip the offspinner was generating
West Indies need to paper over bowling cracks
The hosts' pace attack, with a combined experience of 31 Tests and 56 wickets, is a candidate for being their weakest ever, yet India cannot simply show up and expect to win
Ashwin emulates Botham with ton and seven-for
Stats highlights from the fourth day's play in Antigua where Ashwin's maiden five-wicket haul outside Asia bowled India to an innings victory
Stats highlights from the first day of the Antigua Test, where Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan stole the show from the hosts
Remembering West Indies' last major series win
Against India in 2002, Hooper, Dillon, Chanderpaul and Co. gave their fans something to cheer about
Standout performers continue to carry England (65)
A crushing victory over Pakistan gave England plenty to be pleased about but familiar concerns remain over the make-up of the side
West Indies need to paper over bowling cracks (62)
The hosts' pace attack, with a combined experience of 31 Tests and 56 wickets, is a candidate for being their weakest ever, yet India cannot simply show up and expect to win
The case for four-day Tests (57)
Shorter matches spell good news for spectators and broadcasters. Cricket has a little to lose and a whole lot to gain by truncating its premier format
Loose West Indies succumb to Ashwin's wiles (53)
One after another, the hosts' batsmen attempted questionable flicks and drives in their second innings, disregarding the drift and dip the offspinner was generating
Herath versus the mighty Australians? (45)
Sri Lanka's lead spinner must feel like a bus driver in charge of a spluttering vehicle as the hosts strive to challenge a strong Australian side


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I will be very proud if I have changed our city in some ways that last.
Tom Menino, Boston's 53rd and longest-serving mayor, dies at 71. He had recently published his memoirs, but announced last week that he was suspending both his book tour and his cancer treatments. "Because of his leadership," current Mayor Marty Walsh said in a released statement, "Boston is a better place today." That is an understatement -- some polls showed that more than fifty percent of Bostonians had met him at one time or another; Tom Menino was the People's Mayor. [more inside]
Bye Bye Mrs. Kot-ter
Marcia Strassman most famous as Mrs. Kotter, but also known for roles on M*A*S*H, Honey I Shrunk The Kids, and her brief foray into music recording has died of breast cancer at 66. [more inside]
RIP Jack Bruce, 1943-2014
Jack Bruce, best known as bass player and vocalist for 60s supergroup Cream has died of liver disease at the age of 71. [more inside]
"I guess everybody has something they're not very grown-up about."
Zilpha Keatley Snyder, author of 43 books for children and young adults, died from complications of a stroke on October 7, 2014.She won three Newberry Honor Awards
Geoffrey Holder 1930-2014
The great Geoffrey Holder died on Sunday at the age of 84 Mr. Holder was born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad on August 1st, 1930 and danced with his brother Boscoe's dance troupe as a child. He arrived in New York in 1952 at the invitation of the legendary choreographer, Agnes de Mille and, to pay his fare, he sold 20 of his paintings. [more inside]
RIP Joan Rivers
Nicky Da B, Dead At 24.
NOLA bounce artist and rapper Nicky Da B is dead. Nicki was best known for his colorful, aggressively infectious music and videos, including Hot Potato Style (previously), Express Yourself with Diplo (previously), and his collaboration with photographer Clayton Cubitt Go Loko (NSFW, strobe and flashes warning)
Don Pardo, 1918-2014
Don Pardo, announcer for Saturday Night Live, The Price Is Right and Jeopardy!, has died. [more inside]
Goodnight, Slim.
Lauren Bacall, the film and stage actress and model who was known for her distinctive husky voice and sultry looks, died Tuesday at the age of 89. IMDB, Wikipedia, An interview from 1994. You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? Previously
"Beating the Globetrotters is like shooting Santa Claus."
Red Klotz, who led basketball's biggest losers, the Washington Generals, dies at 93. In his time with the Generals, Mr. Klotz lost at least 14,000 games, or 15,000, or, according to some estimates, more than 20,000. "That sounds about right," Mr. Klotz would shrug whenever someone tried to calculate the number. "I don't count the losses," he told the Washington City Paper in 2007. "It's easier to keep track of the wins." Mr. Klotz won six games, his biographer concluded. Or maybe it was four. Possibly just two. But definitely, beyond the shadow of any doubt, his team won one game for sure.
Charlie Haden has gone Home
Charlie Haden, one of the most influential jazz musicians of our time, is going home Here is Charlie, singing the old ballad Wayfaring Stranger - a fitting song for this occasion. Previously (somewhat repetitive, for background [more inside]
"a thousand libraries were lost"
Bob Abrahamian was a Chicago DJ, record collector, and chronicler of Chicago's soul history whose death in June at age 35 shocked soul music lovers around the world. The Chicago Sun-Times' Mark Guarino says: "He left behind tens of thousands of 45-rpm records, but to those who knew him, it was the generous spirit in evangelizing the music that made the greatest impact." His work lives on on the site for his radio show, Sitting in the Park, which features exclusive music from and extensive interviews with 60s and 70s Chicago soul musicians. [more inside]
Alfredo Di Stefano RIP
BBC: Real Madrid legend Alfredo Di Stefano, regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, has died. The 88-year-old suffered a heart attack on Saturday and had been in an induced coma in Madrid's Gregorio Maranon hospital. Real Madrid confirmed the news, saying Di Stefano, their honorary president, died at 17:15 CET (16:15 BST). The forward won five straight European Cups, scoring in each final between 1956 and 1960. Tim Vickery Article on Di Stefano.
Stephen Gaskin bought the farm
Stephen_Gaskin founder of The Farm, husband of renowned mid-wife, Ina May Gaskin died July 1st. Here's a good obituary. The search for the spiritual community life that culminated in the purchase of land outside Summertown, Tennessee began with Gaskin's Monday Night Class held in San Francisco in 1969 & 1970. [more inside]
RIP Trampas
Trampas, aka StudBook 424, passed away this week, leaving behind over 770 descendants, at the ripe old age of 13, the longest life known for a loggerhead shrike. [more inside]
The Preacher
Bobby Womack--one of the last surviving soul greats from the Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding generation--has died. Nicknamed "The Preacher" for his authoritative, church-trained voice and the way he introduced songs with long discourses on life, Womack never had the success of contemporaries like Marvin Gaye, Al Green or Otis Redding. For a good part of his career, he was better known as a songwriter and session musician. [more inside]
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The Final Countdown
Casey Kasem, the resonant voice of Top 40 radio and a vocal fixture on cartoon programs for the past 40 years, has died, according to his daughter. He was 82. [more inside]
Alain Resnais, 1922-2014
Alain Resnais, the French filmmaker who helped introduce literary modernism to the movies and became an international art-house star with nonlinear narrative films like "Hiroshima Mon Amour" and "Last Year at Marienbad," died on [March 1] in Paris. He was 91. NYTimes Obit [more inside]
Knowlton Nash, former long-time host of CBC's flagship news program The National, died yesterday, aged 86. [more inside]
"Alistair was a great writer. Everyone knows that..."
Alistair Macleod, one of Canada's greatest writers, has passed away. With just one novel, and two collections of short stories to his name, Macleod left an indelible mark on Canadian, and modern, literature. Other writers share their memories at the National Post (skip the first, Joyce Carol Oates' completely bland and characterless effort). At the Globe and Mail, Steven Galloway shares his own stories with Alistair. [more inside]
HR Giger has died.
Swiss media report that HR Giger, famous for his dark and iconic Alien design, has died. He leaves behind a large body of work, much of it displayed in his own museum.
Canadian national treasure Farley Mowat dies at 92
Author, environmentalist, and activist Farley Mowat, OC, died Tuesday at his home in Port Hope, Ontario, six days short of his 93rd birthday. [more inside]
"Myer, invest the money with your friend Warren."
Rabbi Myer Kripke, of Omaha, dies at 100. The New York Times obituary tells the story of the Kripkes and a couple they played bridge with and became friends with, Susan and Warren Buffett. In 1966, they approached Buffett to manage their savings, and they wound up making $25 million, all of which they gave away. The Times piece also devotes a half a sentence to Rabbi Kripke's son, "Saul Kripke, a Princeton scholar who has been called the world's greatest living philosopher" (cynics should note that Saul Kripke shot to prominence before his parents were rich).
Let us now praise and mourn the wonderful photographer Anja Niedringhaus
"When you say 'war photographer' the first image that comes to mind is someone crazy for the bang bang. Not Anja. She was an artist. She used her sensitivity and sense of understanding to access the human side of war." In Memoriam: Anja Niedringhaus (1965—2014). Her photographs are powerful and beautiful.
RIP Hobie
Hobie Alter, inventor of the hugely popular Hobie Cat line of catamarans, has died. [more inside]
David A. Trampier, 1954-2014
Legendary old school tabletop RPG artist David Trampier (mentioned previously a few times on the blue) created some of the most striking iconic art which helped define the look of 1st edition Advanced D&D. He grew disillusioned with the business in the late eighties and cut off all contact with his former employers (ceasing cashing royalty checks), disappearing with such finality that Dragon Magazine assumed he was dead. By chance, some fifteen years later he appeared in a local news story in Carbondale, Illinois where he was working as a taxi driver. He politely but firmly rejected all invitations to step back into his previous career. This week he passed away at the age of 59. [more inside]
"Count me in with Buffalo"
Ralph Wilson, owner of the Buffalo Bills since 1959, has passed away at the age of 95. Wilson was the last of the eight AFL team owners known as the "Foolish Club," and is notable for his continued support of other small market teams, including voting against moving the Cleveland Browns in 1995 (one of only two to do so), and subsequently hosting a Browns Day in Buffalo. He saved the Oakland Raiders from bankruptcy, and insisted that the AFL postpone their games the day after JFK's assassination. As positive memories were shared on twitter from around the league, Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, NY, has left a light on in his honor.
"He was a lucky man in every way."
James Rebhorn, an actor often playing a man in a suit, Dies at 65 after a 12-year struggle with skin cancer.
Mr. Rebhorn had memorable supporting roles in major films and worked consistently in television and theater. He appeared in more than 50 films, including "Meet the Parents," "Independence Day," "My Cousin Vinny" and "Cold Mountain."He penned his own obituary which can be read here.
Scumdogs of the Universe: Hang thy heads in grotesque sorrow
Oderus Urungus, the founder and lead singer of Gwar, has died.
"Worth our weight in gold, dear."
Clarissa Dickson Wright has passed away, aged 66. The surviving half of the BBC cooking show Two Fat Ladies, she "was utterly non-PC and fought for what she believed in, always, with no thought to her own personal cost," her agent said in the announcement. [more inside]
You're A Monk, I'm A Monk, We're All Monks
Gary Burger, lead singer and guitarist for seminal proto-punk band The Monks, passed away early Friday morning after battling pancreatic cancer. He was 71. [more inside]
Tony Benn (1925-2014)
Acknowledged to be one of the few British politicians who became more left-wing after having actually served in government, former veteran left-wing campaigner Tony Benn has died at home aged 88. Tony was a British Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for 50 years, and a Cabinet Minister under Harold Wilson and James Callaghan. His legacy can be seen in postage, in the powerful five questions, the speeches he gave, and his diaries.
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle."
Sherwin Nuland, surgeon and award-winning author who challenged idea of dignified death, has died at age 83. The son of first generation immigrants, Nuland survived a troubled childhood and succeeded in medical school only to face near-paralyzing depression, for which he was successfully treated with electroconvulsive therapy (first-person TED talk). His award-winning book, "How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter", included realistic descriptions of the process of death and helped to frame the national debate on assisted suicide. [more inside]
Hopefully he didn't cross the streams
Harold Ramis, SCTV alumni, Ghostbuster, and director of films such as Caddyshack and Groundhog Day (previously discussed on the blue here and here, among other moments), passed away this morning at 69.
Music saves me still
Alice Herz-Sommer, the oldest known Holocaust survivor and subject of the film "The Lady in Number Six" has died at the age of 110. Before World War II, Alice was a concert pianist who travelled across Europe. During the war, Alice's mother and husband were sent to Auschwitz where they were murdered, and Alice and her six year old son were sent to Theresienstadt. Alice performed more than 100 concerts at Theresienstadt, and immigrated to Israel with her son after surviving the camp. [more inside]
Goodnight, daddy
Ralph Waite has died, at the age of 85. You might know him for his Emmy-nominated performance as Slater in the mini-series "Roots," or from countless other stage and screen roles, or from his three unsuccessful attempts at a Congressional seat in California. But odds are you know him as John Walton, Sr. (the third-greatest television dad of all time, according to a 2004 TV Guide poll) on "The Waltons." [more inside]
Maggie Estep, 1963 - 2014
Maggie Estep, the writer-poet-performance artist and all-around cool person who came to some fame while living in the East Village in the early 1990s, has died. After suffering a massive heart attack on Monday, Estep died at age 50. Before publishing her first novel, Maggie worked as a horse groom, a go-go dancer, a dishwasher, a nurse's aide, and a box factory worker. She initially received national attention in the 1990s, when MTV covered the spoken-word movement on an all-poetry episode of "Unplugged." [more inside]
Shirley Temple Black, 1928 - 2014
Shirley Jane Temple Black, actress and US Ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia, has passed away, aged 85.
R.I.P. Michael Sporn (1946-2014)
Can you believe he even existed? Did we conjure him up in a strangely unexplainable collective? On January 19th, the animation world lost one of its most idiosyncratic and principled voices, Michael Sporn. Sporn not only gathered accolades for his work, including an Oscar nomination for his short Dr. Desoto (excerpt) and four Emmy awards, he also won the respect of the animation community and the affection and high regard of those who worked with him, and for his wonderful Splog, which has been linked previously, 1 2 High quality clips of his work can be viewed at his website (see link in the comments.) [more inside]
Award-winning Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman Found Dead in Manhattan
Police say Hoffman, 46, was found dead with a needle in his arm. Hoffman's struggles with substance abuse have been well documented, and he had told 60 Minutes in 2006 that he was grateful to have gotten sober before getting famous.
Philosophy For A Happy Life
Inspirational Sam Berns, who suffered from the premature ageing disease progeria, has passed away at the age of 17.
Ariel Sharon dies at 85
Former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon died at a hospital near Tel Aviv last night, aged 85, after spending eight years in a coma. He was one of Israel's more popular leaders as a fierce defender of the Jewish nation, but was loathed by Palestinians and other regional powers who dubbed him the "the Butcher of Beirut". Israel is in mourning. Twitter is reacting. NPR reflects on his life as being one of a warrior's journey to peace.
Rest in Peace, Run Run Shaw
So long, Phil, and thanks for the music
Phil Everly, one half of the iconic and deeply influential vocal duo the Everly Brothers, has died at age 74. Marked by their sweet, tight harmonies and chopping acoustic guitars, tunes like All I Have To Do Is Dream, Bye Bye Love, Wake Up Little Susie, Cathy's Clown and When Will I Be Loved made an indelible mark on the musical consciousness of America.
RIP Yusef Lateef
Today was marked by the passing of the venerable Yusef Lateef. Perhaps best known for his Eastern Sounds, he notably played with the Cannonball Adderly sextet. A largish (89 song) youtube playlist.
Last of the hellraisers
Jim Hall (1930-2013)
The jazz guitarist Jim Hall died yesterday. The New York Times reports:
Jim Hall, a jazz guitarist who for more than 50 years was admired by critics, aficionados and especially his fellow musicians for his impeccable technique and the warmth and subtlety of his playing, died on Tuesday at his home in Greenwich Village. He was 83.[more inside]
RIP Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela has died peacefully at home at age 95. The Globe and Mail has a good roundup of information and resources about his life. The PBS Newshour already has a show online about his life and moments after the news broke even The Onion chimed in. Rest in peace, Madiba.
Paul Crouch is Dead.
TBN head Paul Crouch died Saturday, November 30 at 79. Under Crouch, TBN grew to "84 satellite channels and over 18,000 television and cable affiliates around the world." But he was a controversial figure, even among televangelists. (Previously on Metafilter, [via Slacktivist])


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What sorts of contractural agreements are there between beekeeper and almond grower as to the security of hives in the groves?
Do any of you almond pollinators have contracts covering hive loss due to theft?
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Super Meat Boy and Binding of Isaac creator's Mew-Genics cancelled
Mew-Genics is not happening.
It's been over two years since we last heard anything about Mew-Genics, that's because the project was put on indefinite hold.
"I'm unsure of [Mew-Genics'] future but there is a chance we will attempt to revamp it in a few years with a new design of mine that will push it in a new direction that will hopefully make it more exciting for both of us to work on," McMillen told Eurogamer when asked about the game's current status.
"But sadly till then it's not gunna happen."
Mew-Genics was supposed to be the next project from Super Meat Boy creators Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes, and had very intriguing mechanics.
Unfortunately, with Edmund McMillen now busy working on The Legend of Bum-bo, we may never see Mew-Genics.
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for the downturn last week in Epicept might be the rejected FDA application for the substance Perfenidone (Intermune). There was a request for another confirmatory trial from FDA in this case. The market took out all it had in these Greece times. Epicept is about to applicate to the FDA having one phase III trial.Investors who wants to take an own stand here, look at this:http://www.drugs.com/clinical_trials/results-two-phase-3-capacity-studies-pirfenidone-ipf-presented-american-thoracic-society-ats-7262.htmlThe trails for the medicine in question shows some more weeks of prolonged life and sertain grade of change in quality of life. But, patients do not survive because of the threapy. One trial showed unsignificant results and another showed significant dito.Ceplene do not have the side effect the above medicine acctually have and - many patients acctually survive because of Ceplene. Some 46 % of the total group and some 75% of the younger patients. Given an outcome of less than 20% using standard of care in the total group. Managements point in the three last webcasts is that the results are roboust and N (number of patients in the trial) is relatively high given it is a rare disease. Also comparable medicines have got approval having the same back-ground as the Ceplene application do have. Please, relisten to that part of the latest webcasts discussing the fact that there is just one phase III trial.There was an ODAC meeting last fall giving new, more clear, guidance on these issues. That meeting is the mother of sources for those who wants to do there own DD about the robustness of Epicepts application to the FDA for Ceplene on the US market..........There are several ways of financing Epicept.There are no signs of a quick fix from management: + It is silent around the ASAP-technology. It seems to be for sale when it have shown proof of concept. Spelling A--x-. + NP-1. Management waits, as it seems up to this date, for the phase IIb trail to end up this summer given them the opportunity to use the preliminary results direct to the interested CO's. I figure management knows why they find the results worth waiting for. Don't forget: the potential patients for PHN is 200 000 per annum in the US, and the market for the diagnosis of pain in cancer is 4-5 million patients. No competing therapies in that diagnosis.+ Ceplene. The NDA will be handed over to the FDA some time in June. The fact that Epicepts management have handed over the information concerning the progress of sales of Ceplene to Meda is interesting for those of us having the opinion that there already is a solution of the,forseen, cash problem that would come in Q3.Last summer we had a finacing, priced o v e r the current share price ($2.4), 7% dilution it was. R&R fixed the deal after the breakdown of the Ceplene-deal. Will there be a small, temporary 5%-dilution or a bigger structural solution? I think we will have a bigger "Swedish" solution. A solution already decided long ago.Some people here just bark. Hope the rest of you have some liquidity threse days. Historically it seems to be an opportunity right now out there!Have a nice week-end!/M.
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as expected, no substance to your commentbwahhaahaa more of your typical whining
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If Ohio's insurance regulators are supposed to protect citizens against gouging by the insurance companies, why do premiums keep going up? Check out Ohio Citizen Rate Review and decide for yourself.
"Maybe the reason Ohio is so ridiculously pathetic is because we have insurance regulators in this state who will not concern themselves with consumers. They do not post any information about health insurance complaints, they will force you to get a writ of mandamus if you seek out public records. They have taken millions of grant dollars from the HHS in the name of "Effective Rate Review" under the assumption that the money was for the creation of a transparent system where rate reviews are made public and the public can comment on them, and yet they have done nothing remotely like that. They approve almost unilaterally every double-digit rate increase requested by every issuer. And year after year, Ohioans let them." Excerpted from Ohio Citizen Rate Review web site, a project of Toledo SPAN supporter, Penny Gentieu.


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I'm trying to customize the back button in iOS 5. This is the background image I want to use:
It's 23 x 30 points.
My code to customize is:
UIImage *buttonBackground = [[UIImage imageNamed:@"navbar-backbutton.png"] resizableImageWithCapInsets:UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 11, 0, 11) resizingMode:UIImageResizingModeStretch];
UIBarButtonItem *backButton = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithTitle:@"Geri" style:UIBarButtonItemStylePlain target:nil action:nil];
[backButton setBackButtonBackgroundImage:buttonBackground forState:UIControlStateNormal barMetrics:UIBarMetricsDefault];
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This should do the trick, width of the image is 23 points and I'm setting right-left offsets by 11 points. But this is the result ("Geri" means "Back" in Turkish):
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Caltech oceanographer Andrew Thompson, who uses autonomous underwater instruments and numerical models to study ocean currents and eddies and their impact on Earth's ecology and climate, has been awarded a Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering. Packard Fellowships are awarded annually by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation to the nation's "most innovative early-career scientists and engineers" to provide them with "flexible funding and the freedom to take risks and explore new frontiers in their fields," according to the foundation.
Along with this year's 17 other fellows, Thompson, an assistant professor of environmental science and engineering, will receive a grant of $875,000 distributed over five years, to pursue his research.
As is the case for other Packard Fellows, Thompson was surprised by his selection. He recalls being called on a recent Tuesday morning into a meeting with Ken Farley, W. M. Keck Foundation Professor of Geochemistry. Farley had chaired Thompson's division, Geological and Planetary Sciences, up until September 1, when Fletcher Jones Professor of Geology John Grotzinger took over.
"Ken asked to meet with me in the division chair's office. This was already a little odd, because John had already taken over, but I did not think too much of it at the time," Thompson says. "Five minutes into our conversation, the phone rang, and when it was for me, I knew that something was up. Ken had nominated me in the spring so he was the one who delivered the news. I was thrilled. I had to go for a walk immediately after to calm down. It was really an honor to represent Caltech as a nominee."
"This was a great way to complete my term as chair—to have played a part in successfully nominating Andy for this prestigious and valuable award, and to get the chance to see his surprise and happiness when the foundation told him," Farley says.
Although he's only just heard the news, Thompson already has plans for the grant. "Part of the funds will be used to support our work with autonomous ocean instruments—gliders—that allow us to observe remote or dynamic parts of the ocean over long periods of time," he says. "These tools will be used to explore the coupling between ocean circulation, ecosystem dynamics, and biogeochemical cycling in the upper ocean, processes that are difficult to observe using traditional ship-based techniques."
Thompson joins 23 other current Caltech faculty who have been named Packard Fellows since the program's inception in 1988. To date, the Packard Foundation, a private family foundation created in 1964 Hewlett-Packard Company cofounder David Packard and his wife, Lucile Packard, has awarded $346 million to support 523 scientists from 52 national universities. Each year, participating universities are invited to nominate two faculty members for consideration by the 12-member Fellowship Advisory Panel of internationally recognized scientists and engineers, which recommends nominees for approval by the Packard Foundation Board of Trustees.
"If you have a coin and flip it just once, what does that tell you about the odds of heads versus tails?" asks Heather Knutson, assistant professor of planetary science at Caltech. "It tells you almost nothing. It's the same with planetary systems," she says.
For as long as astronomers have been looking to the skies, we have had just one planetary system—our own—to study in depth. That means we have only gotten to know a handful of possible outcomes of the planet formation process, and we cannot say much about whether the features observed in our solar system are common or rare when compared to planetary systems orbiting other stars.
That is beginning to change. NASA's Kepler spacecraft, which launched on a planet-hunting mission in 2009, searched one small patch of the sky and identified more than 4,000 candidate exoplanets—worlds orbiting stars other than our own sun. It was the first survey to provide a definitive look at the relative frequency of planets as a function of size. That is, to ask, 'How common are gas giant planets, like Jupiter, compared to planets that look a lot more like Earth?'
Kepler's results suggest that small planets are much more common than big ones. Interestingly, the most common planets are those that are just a bit larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune—the so-called super-Earths.
However, despite being common in our local corner of the galaxy, there are no examples of super-Earths in our own solar system. Our current observations tell us something about the sizes and orbits of these newly discovered worlds, but we have very little insight into their compositions.
"We are left with this situation where super-Earths appear to be the most common kind of exoplanet in the galaxy, but we don't know what they're made of," says Knutson.
There are a number of possibilities. A super-Earth could be just that: a bigger version of Earth—mostly rocky, with an atmosphere. Then again, it could be a mini-Neptune, with a large rock-ice core encapsulated in a thick envelope of hydrogen and helium. Or it could be a water world—a rocky core enveloped in a blanket of water and perhaps an atmosphere composed of steam (depending on the temperature of the planet).
"It's really interesting to think about these planets because they could have so many different compositions, and knowing their composition will tell us a lot about how planets form," Knutson says. For example, because planets in this size range acquire most of their mass by pulling in and incorporating solid material, water worlds initially must have formed far away from their parent stars, where temperatures were cold enough for water to freeze. Most of the super-Earths known today orbit very close to their host stars. If water-dominated super-Earths turn out to be common, it would indicate that most of these worlds did not form in their present locations but instead migrated in from more distant orbits.
In addition to thinking about exoplanets, Knutson and her students use space-based observatories like the Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes to learn more about the distant worlds. For example, the researchers analyze the starlight that filters through a planet's atmosphere as it passes in front of its star to learn about the composition of the atmosphere. Molecular species present in the planet's atmosphere absorb light at particular wavelengths. Therefore, by using Hubble and Spitzer to view the planet and its atmosphere at a number of different wavelengths, the researchers can determine which chemical compounds are present.
To date, nearly two dozen planets have been characterized with this technique. These observations have shown that the enormous gas giant exoplanets known as hot-Jupiters have water, carbon monoxide, hydrogen, helium—and potentially carbon dioxide and methane—in their atmospheres.
However, right now super-Earths are the hot topic. Unfortunately, although hundreds of super-Earths have been found, only a few are close enough and orbiting bright enough stars for astronomers to study in this way using currently available telescopes.
The first super-Earth that the astronomical community targeted for atmospheric studies was GJ 1214b, in the constellation Ophiuchus. Based on its average density (determined from its mass and radius), it was clear from the start that the planet was not entirely rocky. However, its density could be equally well matched by either a primarily water composition or a Neptune-like composition with a rocky core surrounded by a thick gas envelope. Information about the atmosphere could help astronomers determine which one it was: a mini-Neptune's atmosphere should contain lots of molecular hydrogen, while a water world's atmosphere should be water dominated.
GJ 1214b has been a popular target for the Hubble Space Telescope since its discovery in 2009. Disappointingly, after a first Hubble campaign led by researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, the spectrum came back featureless—there were no chemical signatures in the atmosphere. After a second set of more sensitive observations led by researchers at the University of Chicago returned the same result, it became clear that a high cloud deck must be masking the signature of absorption from the planet's atmosphere.
"It's exciting to know that there are clouds on the planet, but the clouds are getting in the way of what we actually wanted to know, which is what is this super-Earth made of?" explains Knutson.
Now Knutson's team has studied a second super-Earth: HD 97658b, in the constellation Leo. They report their findings in the current issue of The Astrophysical Journal. The researchers used Hubble to measure the decrease in light when the planet passed in front of its parent star over a range of infrared wavelengths in order to detect small changes caused by water vapor in the planet's atmosphere.
However, again the data came back featureless. One explanation is that HD 97658b is also enveloped in clouds. However, Knutson says, it is also possible that the planet has an atmosphere that is lacking hydrogen. Because such an atmosphere could be very compact, it would make the telltale fingerprints of water vapor and other molecules very small and hard to detect. "Our data are not precise enough to tell whether it's clouds or the absence of hydrogen in the atmosphere that's causing the spectrum to be flat," she says. "This was just a quick first look to give us a rough idea of what the atmosphere looked like. Over the next year, we will use Hubble to observe this planet again in more detail. We hope those observations will provide a clear answer to the current mystery."
It appears that clouds are going to continue to pose a real challenge in studies of super-Earths, so Knutson and other researchers are working to understand the composition of the clouds around these planets and the conditions under which they form. The hope is that they will get to the point where they can predict which worlds will be shrouded in clouds. "If we can then target planets that we think should be cloud-free, that will help us make optimal use of Hubble's time," she says.
Looking to the future, Knutson says there is only one more known super-Earth that can be targeted for atmospheric studies with current telescopes. But new surveys, such as NASA's extended Kepler K2 mission and the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), slated for launch in 2017, should identify a large sample of new targets.
Of course, she says, astronomers would love to study exoplanets the size of Earth, but these worlds are just a bit too small and too difficult to observe with Hubble and Spitzer. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, which is scheduled for launch in 2018, will provide the first opportunity to study more Earth-like worlds. "Super-Earths are at the edge of what we can study right now," Knutson says. "But super-Earths are a good consolation prize—they're interesting in their own right, and they give us a chance to explore new kinds of worlds with no analog in our own solar system."
Methane-breathing microbes that inhabit rocky mounds on the seafloor could be preventing large volumes of the potent greenhouse gas from entering the oceans and reaching the atmosphere, according to a new study by Caltech researchers.
The rock-dwelling microbes, which are detailed in the Oct. 14 issue of Nature Communications, represent a previously unrecognized biological sink for methane and as a result could reshape scientists' understanding of where this greenhouse gas is being consumed in subseafloor habitats, says Professor of Geobiology Victoria Orphan, who led the study.
"Methane is a much more powerful greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, so tracing its flow through the environment is really a priority for climate models and for understanding the carbon cycle," Orphan says.
Orphan's team has been studying methane-breathing marine microorganisms for nearly 20 years. The microbes they focus on survive without oxygen, relying instead on sulfate ions present in seawater for their energy needs. Previous work by Orphan's team helped show that the methane-breathing system is actually made up of two different kinds of microorganisms that work closely with one another. One of the partners, dubbed "ANME" for "ANaerobic MEthanotrophs," belongs to a type of ancient single-celled creatures called the archaea.
Through a mechanism that is still unclear, ANME work closely with bacteria to consume methane using sulfate from seawater. "Without this biological process, much of that methane would enter the water column, and the escape rates into the atmosphere would probably be quite a bit higher," says study first author Jeffrey Marlow, a geobiology graduate student in Orphan's lab.
Until now, however, the activity of ANME and their bacterial partners had been primarily studied in sediments located in cold seeps, areas on the ocean bottom where methane is escaping from subseafloor sources into the water above. The new study marks the first time they have been observed to oxidize methane inside carbonate mounds, huge rocky outcroppings of calcium carbonate that can rise hundreds of feet above the seafloor.
If the microbes are living inside the mounds themselves, then the distribution of methane consumption is significantly different from what was previously thought. "Methane-derived carbonates represent a large volume within many seep systems, and finding active methane-consuming archaea and bacteria in the interior of these carbonate rocks extends the known habitat for methane-consuming microorganisms beyond the relatively thin layer of sediment that may overlay a carbonate mound," Marlow says.
Orphan and her team detected evidence of methane-breathing microbes in carbonate rocks collected from three cold seeps around the world: one at a tectonic plate boundary near Costa Rica; another in the Eel River basin off the coast of northwestern California; and at Hydrate Ridge, off the Oregon coast. The team used manned and robotic submersibles to collect the rock samples from depths ranging from 2,000 feet to nearly half a mile below the surface.
Marlow has vivid memories of being a passenger in the submersible Alvin during one of those rock-retrieval missions. "As you sink down, the water outside your window goes from bright blue surface water to darker turquoise and navy blue and all these shades of blue that you didn't know existed until it gets completely dark," Marlow recalls. "And then you start seeing flashes of light because the vehicle is perturbing the water column and exciting florescent organisms. When you finally get to the seafloor, Alvin's exterior lights turn on, and this crazy alien world is illuminated in front of you."
The carbonate mounds that the subs visited often serve as foundations for coral and sponges, and are home to rockfishes, clams, crabs, and other aquatic life. For their study, the team members gathered rock samples not only from carbonate mounds located within active cold seeps, where methane could be seen escaping from the seafloor into the water, but also from mounds that appeared to be dormant.
Once the carbonate rocks were collected, they were transported back to the surface and rushed into a cold room aboard a research ship. In the cold room, which was maintained at the temperature of the deep sea, the team cracked open the carbonates in order to gather material from their interiors. "We wanted to make sure we weren't just sampling material from the surface of the rocks," Marlow says.
Using a microscope, the team confirmed that ANME and sulfate-reducing bacterial cells were indeed present inside the carbonate rocks, and genetic analysis of their DNA showed that they were related to methanotrophs that had previously been characterized in seafloor sediment. The scientists also used a technique that involved radiolabeled 14C-methane tracer gas to quantify the rates of methane consumption in the carbonate rocks and sediments from both the actively seeping sites and the areas appearing to be inactive. They found that the rock-dwelling methanotrophs consumed methane at a slower rate than their sediment-dwelling cousins.
"The carbonate-based microbes breathed methane at roughly one-third the rate of those gathered from sediments near active seep sites," Marlow says. "However, because there are likely many more microbes living in carbonate mounds than in sediments, their contributions to methane removal from the environment may be more significant."
The rock samples that were harvested near supposedly dormant cold seeps also harbored microbial communities capable of consuming methane. "We were surprised to find that these marine microorganisms are still viable and, if exposed to methane, can continue to oxidize this greenhouse gas long after surface expressions of seepage have vanished." Orphan says.
Along with Orphan and Marlow, additional coauthors on the paper, "Carbonate-hosted methanotrophy represents an unrecognized methane sink in the deep sea," include former Caltech associate research scientist Joshua Steele, now at the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project; Wiebke Ziebis, an associate professor at the University of Southern California; Andrew Thurber, an assistant professor at Oregon State University; and Lisa Levin, a professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Funding for the study was provided by the National Science Foundation; NASA's Astrobiology Institute; the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Marine Microbiology Initiative grant; and the National Research Council of the National Academies.
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